We're going on a baby hunt!

When I was a little girl one of my favourite books that I used to read to my brother was We're going on a bear hunt. Actually to this day it is still one of my favourite books! I loved following the journey of the brave family who ventured out on an adventure of catching a bear. Now for those of you who haven't read the book here's how it begins:

We're going on a bear hunt.
We're going to catch a big one.
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared. 

As they set off on their bear hunt the family face different obstacles:

Uh oh! Grass! Long wavy grass!
We can't go over it.
We can't go under it.
Oh no! We've got to go through it! 

At each and every obstacle the family faces they overcome it by going through it. Now despite the fact that the book ends with all the family quivering under the bed covers after an encounter with a bear the point I'm trying to make is that this children's story very much sums up many journeys we have to face in life. 

We set out and it's a beautiful day and we think we're going to be successful in 'catching' whatever it is we are searching for but then somewhere along we start to hit obstacles and are suddenly faced with a decision. Do we courageously carry straight on through it or do we turn around and walk away? Obstacles can often leave us feeling disheartened and many a time we think that perhaps this journey wasn't for us! Perhaps when we boldly said 'We're not scared!' we were wrong! We are scared and we should just turn around...No! We should not turn around! 

Perhaps the ending of this children's story should have been a different one. Maybe the family should have caught the bear instead of cowering in fear under the bed covers. Then the message we would be sending out to our children would be one of courage. Fear and doubt are not from God 'For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline'. Fear comes from the enemy Satan, he aims to paralyse and stop us from moving in our God-given destiny. If you notice just when something big is going to happen in your life Satan pops up just to try and plant those seeds of doubt to get you to turn around. I've spent a lot of this year overcoming fear and I am overcoming it because I have put all my trust in God for the tomorrows. 

So as we step out today and are faced with obstacles let's remember God is with us! Let's keep moving with God on our journeys and not get paralysed by fear!

We're going on a baby hunt.
We're going to catch a big one (Not too big! )
What a beautiful day!
We're not scared.